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• Jacqueline Balderson († 1966)
• Jeltje Harmke Hoekstra, Nijega (Small.) († 2016)
• Icel Dodson BEERS, California, United States († 1995)
• Anne Tuitman, Uithuizen
• Pieter George Dijkema, Groningen († 1973)
• Adrianus Johannes Josephus van de Sande, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• David Albert Ovenell, Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington, United States of America († 2017)
• Helma Cortenraad, Meerssen († 2012)
• Geertruida de Mos, Naaldwijk († 2014)
• Piet Wit, Oude Niedorp († 2004)

• Anna Maria Cornelissen (59), Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Philomena Luijten (71), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arien Best (82), Zwaag
• Diena Leeuwerke (76), Oudeschans, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arie Poot (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• August Quast (89), Grant County, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Straathof (72), Leiderdorp
• Andreas Philippus Wilhelmus Phoelich (12), Druten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Warmerdam (68), Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Frederica Leijds (83), Avereest

• 1945 » Betty Davis, American singer-songwriter
• 1945 » Helen Mirren, English actress
• 1946 » Emilio de Villota, Spanish race car driver
• 1948 » Herbert Wiesinger, German figure skater
• 1948 » Luboš Andršt, Czech guitarist and songwriter
• 1949 » Roger Taylor, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1949 » Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai businessman and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand
• 1950 » Nelinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1950 » Nicholas Evans, English journalist, screenwriter, and producer
• 1950 » Susan George, English actress and producer

• 1930 » Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician and academic (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Roberto Arlt, Argentinian author and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1951 » James Mitchell, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1952 » Eva Perón, Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919)
• 1953 » Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957)
• 1960 » Cedric Gibbons, British art director and production designer (b. 1893)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Robert
8. Adrianus
9. Pieter
10. Jacobus
11. Peter
12. Petrus
13. Dirk
14. Jacob
15. Wilhelmus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Elisabeth
5. Wilhelmina
6. Anna
7. Hendrika
8. Petronella
9. Catharina
10. Adriana
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Yvonne
14. Jacoba
15. Helena
16. Linda

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
• April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
• April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
• July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
• September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
• December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

The temperature on July 26, 1947 was between 16.4 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.